These days security is a top concern for everyone out there. VeriSign has stepped into the BlackBerry world to further assist with the needs of users in helping protect their personal information. VeriSign Identity Protection is a security based application which extends the layer of protection beyond your simple username and password by creating a unique one time password for all your registered sites and services every 30 seconds.

When logging in to any of your registered services you no longer need to worry about someone obtaining your username and password. If at the chance it was obtained, the unique login would be changed every 30 seconds to something only you would know. This type of protection is used in many environments, be it business or consumer level for VeriSign to make this available for everyone is a great offering. If security is among your concerns, be sure to check it out. Currently VeriSign Identity Protection is available via BlackBerry App World and for those who prefer a direct download you may visit the VeriSign mobile site for the download (note - latest devices like Storm2 / 9700 are not showing in App World yet so us the direct download).

To logon to the affiliated sites you will need the username, regular password and the code from the phone so the person who finds / stole the phone will need to know you username and regular password to access those sites too... that is why this is called a 2 factor authentication as you need something you know (the password) and something you carry with you (the phone).

Then there is the problem about how to sign in to those sites without the code, it depends on the site, Paypal and ebay will allow you to temporarily logon without the code until you fix the problem but the confirm your identity by calling you to the number on file... (so make sure don't give them your cellphone as the confirmation number)

I've got a Curve 8330. When I installed from AppWorld, v3.0.3, it didn't work - It failed immediately with a white screen and error message. Contacted Verisign tech support, and like at 10:00pm Eastern got an e-mail back saying to try a couple things. The relevant instruction was to download the next version from the Verisign site directly v3.0.4, which did the trick.

After fully loaded, login with your facebook account (assume you have a profile pic and some connected friends on FB too). You will see yourself to be part of this OneStepAhead movie clip. In the end, I think you can also see VeriSign Identity Protection application there.
Very Cool.

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